The Timberwolves triumvirate 45+22, KD15 in 6, Beal pulled the hip, and the trend of the series changed dramatically
On April 24th, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to be hot! The Minnesota Timberwolves will continue to sit at home to face the Phoenix Suns, and the Timberwolves beat the Suns by 25 points in the G1 battle. And Edwards's bull break is that he finally realized all the bulls he bragged about, blasting 33 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game, and scoring 18 points in the final quarter to completely kill the game.
G2 is a game that the Suns must try to win or they will return to Phoenix from 0-2 down, which will put them in a very tough position. Will Durant, who is accustomed to seeing big scenes, lead the team to turn the tide and rewrite the series to 1-1? Let's wait and see! In this game, the Timberwolves sent Huazi, Conley, McDaniels, Towns, and Gobert to start, and the Suns started Durant, Devin Booker, Beal, Grayson, Allen, and Nurkic.
At the beginning of the game, Conley scored the first goal of the game with a layup, Huazi opened his hand with three points, Gobert scored a violent dunk, and the Timberwolves made a good start with 8-0! Allen broke the Suns' scoring drought with three points, Nuji ate cake inside, Gobert blindly threw the ball in, Daniels made Durant foul and hit both free throws, Nuji scored the ball with a strong attack, Walker hit a shot, Booker scored 2+1, and the two sides gradually found their shooting touch! Morris counterattacked and scored two points, and the Suns trailed the Timberwolves by three points at 21-24 at the end of the first quarter. Downs' three fouls in the first quarter were unexpected, which is very likely to affect the trend of this game!
In the second quarter, Eric Gordon crossed Yang with three three-point steps, Nuji ate cake inside, and the Suns overtook the score 5-0! The Timberwolves didn't score a point in the past two minutes! Beal made a layup, Conley hit the board and stopped the bleeding in time! Beal crossed Yang with three 300 steps, Conley threw and hit, Durant scored easily 2+1, and the two sides entered a tug-of-war! Conley's three-point shot rose and fell, Durant's jump shot hit steadily, Eubanks scored a strong attack, and the old Conley's three-point shot continued to soar, and the dream returned to the top! Durant scored two more points from a horseback and an electric strike from McDaniels gave the Suns a one-point lead over the Timberwolves at 51-50 at halftime.
In the first half, Conley was 6-of-8 and 2-of-3 from three-point range, scoring 14 points and 2 rebounds, which was the key to the Timberwolves trailing by only one point. McDaniels had 12 points, Huazi had five points, Gobert had 12 points and five rebounds, and Towns had two points and three rebounds. Suns Durant 11 points and 4 rebounds, Beal 7 points, Booker 13 points, the Big Three in the first half was not bad!Nuji 6 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Allen 3 points, Gordon 7 points and 3 rebounds.
In the third quarter, Nuji took the lead in scoring two points, McDaniels dunked violently, and Beal made a layup, but before that, Allen's foot was then replaced by O'Neal! Towns scored six points in a row with free throws, and the Timberwolves completed the overtake! Beal's three-point shot got up and down, Booker continued to score three points, and the Timberwolves hurriedly called a stop! Huazi singled out Durant and hit a shot, the Timberwolves stopped the Suns 10-0, and the Timberwolves led to 7 points! Durant hit a jumper to break the scoring drought! Walker hit a three-pointer to bring the gap to 10 points, and then went to the free throw line one after another, and the Suns trailed the Timberwolves by seven points 71-78 after the third quarter. The Timberwolves won by 8 points in a single quarter, and the Suns are careful!
In the fourth quarter, Beal glided and hit a layup steadily, Walker broke through, Gordon scored three points, Towns made a rebound, Conley talked about a teenager and hit another three points, McDaniels scored four points in a row, leading the Suns by 17 points! The Suns used up the last timeout of the game and collapsed! Huazi and Gordon scored three points against Biao, Booker counterattacked, McDaniels scored with a three-point shot, and the Timberwolves led to 19 points, and the suspense of the game was basically gone! Gordon broke through to continue his life, Durant hit a jumper, Walker broke through to make Booker leave the court with six fouls, and scored 2+1! The game completely lost suspense! In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Suns 105-93 at home, and the series score came to 2-0!
The Suns' failure to win the crucial G2 victory changed the trend of this series, and it is no exaggeration to say that the suspense has almost been lost in advance! According to statistics, there have been 196 times in NBA history when the team was down 0-2 in the first round, and only 13 of them were won by the team that went behind, and the probability of advancing was only 6.6%. So, time is really running out for the Suns' Big Three this season!
Stats: The Timberwolves Big Three blasted 45 points, 22 rebounds and 11 assists, including Huazi 15 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Gobert 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, and Towns 12 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist. Conley dreamed of 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the second quarter, and he played a role in the second quarter! McDaniels scored 25 points and 8 rebounds, and Walker scored 10 points.
Suns Durant had a slump of 18 points and 6 rebounds on 6-of-15 shooting, Nuji had 10 points and 14 rebounds, Beal had 14 points on 6-of-17 shooting, Booker had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Gordon had 15 points and Eubanks had 8 points. If the Suns really stop in the first round, where will the Big Three go in the future?